Camping

Camping with the kiddos...

We had a lot of fun and the kids loved it! Alana started the coolest bug collection ever and Ammon said he found Africa. We waited for lions to come out of the dry Utah grass. Marrick thought playing outside 24/7 was the best thing in the world. Now it's time for cold weather! Goodbye wonderful summer:(

Not only did the little boys get really dirty...

These are some of my favorite pictures of Alana, Ammon and Marrick:



Life is good.

Alana's First Day of First Grade!

I could not believe it was Alana's first day of first grade last week! Where did 6 1/2 years go? I was in tears. Did I do the right thing? Will she be ok. I hear a lot of moms say that they can't wait to get them in school all day, but her and Ammon are best of friends and I have been really torn about sending her ALL DAY! As I left, prayed and felt ok,(only after remember this long day would include recess, lunch, PE, music and other fun things) I realized that I did the same thing and I guess I turned out ok. She LOVES it and her teacher says things like, "Oh bless your little heart!" and giggles constantly. And that makes school that much more ok as well.I was also very concerned with her lip still hurting and her hardly eating, but at our follow up check up they got the biopsy results back and sent us to a dermatologist. He said that she has Aphthous Ulcers, cause unknown and she most likely just has to try to deal with it. He said that the vomiting and fevers she gets with the sores every 6-12 weeks is normal with these ulcers and the only thing he reccomends is a steriod(very small dose for 3-5 days) to give her every time she feels it coming on. Let me know if anyone knows anything about these. Ammon loves to be just like DADDY!Marrick has to join in on all the fun too!

Time for everyone to SMILE! Go redskins!

Happy Birthday Anna 8-23-08

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR ANNA, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

Am I related to these siblings of mine? My sister Anna is the cute one on the right. She will have her own little cute one soon. Love you Anna! You are the Nintendo nerd, NKOTB Queen, zit picker extraordinaire and oh so much more! On top of all of those amazing things, you have always been such an amazing sister, one to look up. We all love you Anna! Happy Birthday!

I just had to add this in. Where can I get that kind of a ride! Oh the memories!

It is also Marricks 18 month birthday! Good half birthdays!

My Mother's Birthday Party!!!

Happy Birthday Mom! 62 and she is such a young hot-looking babe!!!

She has to dance and sing to her own birthday song. Love you Mom

My mother, the shy, reserved, quiet type...

Love YOU Mother

I had to throw in a little blurp on Alana. She had a biopsy done on her lip last week to find out what is going on with the sores that she gets. They put her out and sewed the inside of her lip up with 6 stitches. She hasn't smiled or eaten much this week. Poor kid.

LAST BIT OF SUMMER BREAK....

These are some of the last of Summer fun photos. The kids at swimming lessons and just having fun. I know that my sister Anna says that you're not supposed to do 3 blogs in the same day, but, I find it easier to do it all at once I guess. So, Anna will just have to put up with her little sister Liza once again :)

Aaron and Eliza's California Trip

For work, Aaron has to go to California every once in a while to do a parent support group. So, Eliza decided to go with him. It works out great because his flight, car, hotel and food are all payed for. All we had to pay was for Eliza's flight and food. Not a bad deal. We had so much fun. We invited our good friends Amy and Jordan with us. It was so fun to hang out with them because they both grew up in Idaho and Amy had never even been to the beach!!!! We played in the ocean forever, went to the Orange county fair, went to a Medieval dinner and show and just chilled. The kids got to play with Grama Annie and Pagah and had the time of their lives. Grama and Pagah were tired, applesauce on walls and all, but it was sure nice to have a break. It helps keep life in perspective. Thank you !!!!!
We went the end of July.